diff --git a/src/channel.c b/src/channel.c
index 15c7c74..be0dc19 100644
--- a/src/channel.c
+++ b/src/channel.c
@@ -838,6 +838,8 @@
 
     channel->CH_SOCK_FD = (sock_T)sd;
     channel->ch_nb_close_cb = nb_close_cb;
+    channel->ch_hostname = (char *)vim_strsave((char_u *)hostname);
+    channel->ch_port = port_in;
 
 #ifdef FEAT_GUI
     channel_gui_register_one(channel, PART_SOCK);
@@ -1138,6 +1140,10 @@
 	ch_logs(channel, "writing err to buffer '%s'",
 		      (char *)channel->ch_part[PART_ERR].ch_buffer->b_ffname);
     }
+
+    channel->ch_part[PART_OUT].ch_io = opt->jo_io[PART_OUT];
+    channel->ch_part[PART_ERR].ch_io = opt->jo_io[PART_ERR];
+    channel->ch_part[PART_IN].ch_io = opt->jo_io[PART_IN];
 }
 
 /*
@@ -2088,6 +2094,69 @@
     return "closed";
 }
 
+    static void
+channel_part_info(channel_T *channel, dict_T *dict, char *name, int part)
+{
+    chanpart_T *chanpart = &channel->ch_part[part];
+    char	namebuf[20];
+    int		tail;
+    char	*s;
+
+    STRCPY(namebuf, name);
+    STRCAT(namebuf, "_");
+    tail = STRLEN(namebuf);
+
+    STRCPY(namebuf + tail, "status");
+    dict_add_nr_str(dict, namebuf, 0,
+		(char_u *)(chanpart->ch_fd == INVALID_FD ? "closed" : "open"));
+
+    STRCPY(namebuf + tail, "mode");
+    switch (chanpart->ch_mode)
+    {
+	case MODE_NL: s = "NL"; break;
+	case MODE_RAW: s = "RAW"; break;
+	case MODE_JSON: s = "JSON"; break;
+	case MODE_JS: s = "JS"; break;
+    }
+    dict_add_nr_str(dict, namebuf, 0, (char_u *)s);
+
+    STRCPY(namebuf + tail, "io");
+    if (part == PART_SOCK)
+	s = "socket";
+    else switch (chanpart->ch_io)
+    {
+	case JIO_NULL: s = "null"; break;
+	case JIO_PIPE: s = "pipe"; break;
+	case JIO_FILE: s = "file"; break;
+	case JIO_BUFFER: s = "buffer"; break;
+	case JIO_OUT: s = "out"; break;
+    }
+    dict_add_nr_str(dict, namebuf, 0, (char_u *)s);
+
+    STRCPY(namebuf + tail, "timeout");
+    dict_add_nr_str(dict, namebuf, chanpart->ch_timeout, NULL);
+}
+
+    void
+channel_info(channel_T *channel, dict_T *dict)
+{
+    dict_add_nr_str(dict, "id", channel->ch_id, NULL);
+    dict_add_nr_str(dict, "status", 0, (char_u *)channel_status(channel));
+
+    if (channel->ch_hostname != NULL)
+    {
+	dict_add_nr_str(dict, "hostname", 0, (char_u *)channel->ch_hostname);
+	dict_add_nr_str(dict, "port", channel->ch_port, NULL);
+	channel_part_info(channel, dict, "sock", PART_SOCK);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+	channel_part_info(channel, dict, "out", PART_OUT);
+	channel_part_info(channel, dict, "err", PART_ERR);
+	channel_part_info(channel, dict, "in", PART_IN);
+    }
+}
+
 /*
  * Close channel "channel".
  * Trigger the close callback if "invoke_close_cb" is TRUE.
@@ -2195,6 +2264,8 @@
 channel_clear(channel_T *channel)
 {
     ch_log(channel, "Clearing channel");
+    vim_free(channel->ch_hostname);
+    channel->ch_hostname = NULL;
     channel_clear_one(channel, PART_SOCK);
     channel_clear_one(channel, PART_OUT);
     channel_clear_one(channel, PART_ERR);